MSNBC took the research from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and extrapolated a ranking of nuclear power sites in Central and Eastern U.S. by the chance of an event occurring.. I LOVE New York. Plant Location/Chance of Occurrence Indian Point 3 Buchanan, NY 1 in 10,000 chance each year Pilgrim 1 Plymouth, Mass. 1 in 14,493 […]
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The electricity saving only applied to the four additional weeks of daylight saving — three in March and one in November. Over the full eight-month period, daylight saving was likely a net loser thanks, in part, to our reliance on air-conditioning in the summer.
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When the Daughter wakes up in the middle of the night from a nightmare, and crawls into our bed, it is incumbent on me to put her back to bed, usually in the guest room. I am jealous of my wife’s amazing ability to go back to sleep, sometimes in mid-sentence, after she’s been awakened, […]
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It may be the 24-hour news cycle, where Libya, tornadoes, Wisconsin, car crashes, and Charlie Sheen all seem to have equal weight on the scroll at the bottom of CNN and other news broadcasts.
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On that day, I’ll pick up the daughter, then depending on when the meeting is scheduled, drop off the daughter with a family friend beforehand, then go to the 20-minute conference with the teacher, then pick up the daughter..
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The city of Albany, perhaps because of budget restraints, didn’t have a snow emergency after the 9 inches that fell on Friday, February 25, when the traditional threshold has been 6 inches.
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